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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Rabbits on Railways Upper Hunter P.P. Board's Notice to Department

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 13

A report from Murrurundi states that the rabbits are burrowing under the railway line between Murrurundl and Scone to such an…

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Unsafe Vehicles Motor Cart and Trucks Should Receive Rigid Inspection

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 11

The presence on tin road of motor vehicles In an unsafe condition was discussed at a meeting of the council of the National Roads and Motorists…

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Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 11

THAT "a smile dissolves many a fear" seems often to apply particularly to our many excellent traffic police. Hundreds of times the writer has noticed…

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Motor Cycling Australia Defeats England by a Narrow Margin

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 11

Australia won the rubber In Die seres of contests between motorcycling representing England and Australia at the Speedway Royal,…

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Motors and Motoring New Albion Trucks Four Additional Types Now, Available in Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 11

The new Albion 40'50-cwl. goods chassis, manufactured by Albion Motors, Ltd., Glasgow (Scotland), recently introduced, la proving of great interest to…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 12

Parked in Alfred-street, North Sydney, last night, this car ran backwards about 50 yards and crashed over a 15-foot embankment. The occupant was killed…

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Motoring Import Duties. an Analysis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 5

Most car users are aware that there is a high and virtually prohibitive Customs duty upon imported motor bodies, and that a similar protection extends to numerous other car…

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Later Trams­­ Watson's Bay Line Trial

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 2

From next Tuesday, on trial for a month, trams will leave Clarence street, city, for South Head signal station at 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. on…

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Pinned Against Tram by Car Conductor Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 1

George Scott, 41, of Great North Road, Abbotsford, tram conductor, was pinned against the side of the tram when a motor car crashed into…

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Railwaymen in Revolt Eucharest

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 1

TWO thousand striking railway workers at Klausenburg, Transylvania, revolted and declared a Soviet…

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Registration of Motorcars Increase for January

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 4

Figures supplied by the Commissioner for Road Transport show that at the end of January there were 218,034 motor vehicles on the road,…

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Fierce Fight at Waverley Police & Tramwaymen Battle with Four Men Arrests Made

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 6

TWO tram way men and four police officers engaged in a hectic fight with four men at Bondi Road and Paul Street…

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Fare Fight Three Arrests on a Bondi Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

At the cost of threepence each, three young men bought themselves trouble that landed them in the police cells at Waverley last night…

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Aeroplane Ace

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 10

TWELVE-YEARS-OLD Tony Biekart, the youngest model aeroplane ace in Australia, and a member of the Cremorne Camels' Squadron…

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Bossley Roads

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

Fairfield Council rceived a letter from Bossley Park Progress Association last Tuesday night, drawing attention to the bad state of Quarry-…

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North Coast Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 8

Until road work at Oakley Flat, Pacific Highway, a few miles south of Woodburn, has been completed, motorists are advised by the N.R.M.A…

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Train Not Warranted

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

A letter from the Railway Dept. informed Fairfield Council that a count of passengers using the last train at night was taken, following…

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Report on Granville Roads

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

The overseer of works' report to Granville Council on the roadway of Railway Terrace, between Guildford and Merrylands, and the footpath…

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Bexley Road Construction

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

With regard to the proposed conconstruction of Bexley Road, between Wolli Creek and Bexley North Railway Station, and the construction of a…

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Royal Australian Air Force Parades Before the Governor at Richmond Aerodrome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 12

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game (second from right) inspects the "flights" before the take off. EIGHT WAPITIS FLYING IN FORMATION ABOVE THE AERODROME…

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